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...cradle Catholic, I have waited 72 years for an American Pope. I do not consider a person born in Germany to be "The American Pope." In America we elect our leaders. Catholics do not elect the priests who will become bishops or bishops who become Cardinals or Cardinals who become Popes. I doubt the Catholic Church, in spite of the priest shortage, will ever have women as priests or as Pope. Nancy Cox, Mapleton Depot, Pennsylvania...
...blindness to the needs of the members of the church that this Pope will not put into place the changes needed to make the church available to all who seek it - namely, married priests and women priests. I have left the church because of the priest abuse scandals and the lack of outrage by previous Popes over this moral hide - and - seek game that the church has played for many years. The Pope's statement on this scandal will be too little too late. Carol M. Fleming, Suttons Bay, Michigan...
Compared to what Martin McDonagh has put his characters through on stage, the ones in his first feature film have it easy. Over the years, the playwright has turned brothers against brothers, pushed a daughter to murder her mother, drowned a priest, broken countless hearts and killed several small animals...
...cradle catholic, I have waited 72 years for an American Pope. I do not consider a person born in Germany to be "The American Pope." America is a democracy in which we elect our leaders. Catholics do not elect the priests who will become bishops or bishops who become Cardinals or Cardinals who become Popes. Even if I live as long as my mother, who was over 100 years old when she died, I doubt the Catholic Church, in spite of the priest shortage, will ever have women as priests or as Pope. Nancy Cox, MAPLETON DEPOT...
...blindness to the needs of the members of the church that this Pope will not put into place the changes needed to make the church available to all who seek it--namely, married priests and women priests. I have left the church because of the priest abuse scandals and the lack of outrage by previous Popes over this moral hide-and-seek game that the church has played for many years. The Pope's statement on this scandal will be too little too late. Carol M. Fleming, SUTTONS BAY, MICH...